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ConventionCoverage: California Independent Petroleum Association
hypocrisy associated with imported oil,
saying, "Californians believe in human
rights, and in treating people with dignity
and respect, and fairly with regard to
labor and employment practices."
Yet at the same time, she charged,
"More than 50 percent of the oil to fuel
our transportation is coming from countries
that push their 12-year-old girls into prostitution, and that don't have (adequate)
labor laws.
"At what point do we in California
put our money where our mouth is and
take advantage of the oil produced in
this state, rather than turning a blind eye
to what is going on in those countries?"
Melendez asked.

Staying United
Another key component in battling
anti-industry sentiment, Layton insisted,
is unity. "We must have a united front,"
he declared.
"There are many battlefields across
this state," Layton remarked. "None of
us have battles in all those places. What
we have to remember is that another person's fight is my fight also. We have to
participate whether we are directly involved or not, because if they are coming
for someone else at this point, they may
come for you later.
"If we don't commit our moral and
financial support, and even our active

participation such as attending public
hearings, we won't win," he said.
It goes beyond supporting each other
in the oil and gas industry, put in Assemblyman Fong. "We have to build a coalition
bigger than we ever have before," he advised, saying it needs to extend beyond
only "the oil guys and gals" to include
agriculture, good-government groups,
chambers of commerce and others.
"If you care about the business climate
in this state, we all have to rally together,"
Fong maintained. "We all have to move
in the same direction. Something that affects one industry affects us all."
Finally, expressed Layton, sometimes
allies must agree to disagree. "It is very
important to remember that we aren't always going to agree on everything," he
allowed.
That is true not only among oilmen
on industry issues, but extends to trade
associations on interindustry issues. "We
can't always agree with one another on
everything, but we have to keep a united
front. The worst thing that can happen is
that a difference of opinion on a particular
issue divides us. So let us stay united
and stay active, and take it to the battlefield
wherever it may be," Layton encouraged.
Association Report
One way CIPA members are hanging
together and meeting the fight wherever

LEFT: CIPA Chief Executive Officer Rock Zierman (left) and Chairman
Steve Layton (right) present the 2017 Lee McFarland Award to Ed
Hazard, owner of California Energy Associates, during the association's annual meeting in Monterey, Ca. Hazard is a founding
member and president of the National Association of Royalty
Owners-California, and led a group of mineral owners in challenging
Monterey County's Measure Z, a ballot initiative passed by voters
last November that essentially bans all forms of well stimulation
and waste injection in the county. The McFarland Award is presented

it's presented, observed CEO Zierman in
his "state of the association" report, was
accepting a special assessment two years
ago despite the industry downturn, which
has enabled the association to increase
its legal budget from $25,000 to $1.6
million in 2017-18.
"It isn't pretty and it isn't fun, but if
we are going to survive in this state, we
have to continue to do this," he intoned.
The good news "is we are having a lot
of success," Zierman continued, citing:
* CIPA obtained an injunction this
spring to prevent the California Division
of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources
from shutting 475 injection wells in 23
fields while the state continued to work
on applying to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for aquifer exemptions
under the state's underground injection
control program.
* The association successfully defended a federal lawsuit brought by the
Committee to Protect our Agricultural
Water, which filed an action under the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, accusing the industry and
state officials of conspiring to poison the
state's drinking water by allowing hydraulic fracturing.
* A Los Angeles Superior Court judge
rejected a motion to quash CIPA's complaint against oil and gas regulations
agreed to in secret by the city and envi-

annually to a CIPA associate member who contributes greatly to
the viability of the California oil and gas industry. RIGHT: Zierman
and Layton present CIPA's Glenn C. Ferguson Award to Jerry
Reedy (center) of Reedy Family Partnership in Sacramento. Reedy
is a long-time member of the CIPA Board of Directors and the association's Financial Audit Committee. He also helped found the
California Natural Gas Producers Association, and has served
CNGPA as both chairman and treasurer. The Ferguson Award is
presented annually to a CIPA producer member.

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